The Italian Renaissance for learners: Bramante, Ariosto, Machiavelli and more, in Italian podcasts with full transcripts.
Raphael’s Liberation of Saint Peter (Vatican, 1514): the many light sources, the political meaning and a B2-C1 Italian workshop on expressing simultaneity.
Raphael’s Liberation of Saint Peter: night and light in the Room of Heliodorus Read More »
Raphael’s School of Athens in the Vatican: Plato and Aristotle, the philosophers and hidden portraits, Bramante, Michelangelo and subjunctive practice.
Raphael’s School of Athens: Plato, Aristotle and the faces of the Renaissance Read More »
Raphael’s Baglioni Altarpiece (Galleria Borghese, 1507): the Perugia feud, Michelangelo, the 1608 theft and a C1 Italian workshop on narrative past tenses.
Raphael’s Baglioni Altarpiece: from the tragedy of Perugia to the Entombment of Christ Read More »
Raphael’s Madonna of the Meadow (Vienna, 1505-1506): pyramidal composition, gazes, symbols and a B2 Italian workshop on the simple and compound gerund.
Raphael’s Madonna of the Meadow: the geometry of affection Read More »
Raphael’s Doni Portraits at the Uffizi: the couple’s story, Leonardo’s influence, jewels and symbols, plus a B1-B2 Italian workshop on relative pronouns.
Raphael’s Marriage of the Virgin (Brera, 1504): comparison with Perugino, perspective, the 16-sided temple and Italian art vocabulary for B2-C1 learners.
Raphael’s Marriage of the Virgin: how the young painter surpassed Perugino Read More »
Learn Italian with a podcast on Ludovico Ariosto and the Orlando furioso: listen to the episode in Italian and read the full text.
Learn Italian with podcast: Ariosto Read More »
Learn Italian with a podcast on Niccolò Machiavelli and The Prince: listen to the episode in Italian and read the full text.
Learn Italian with podcast: Machiavelli Read More »
Learn Italian with a podcast on Santa Maria presso San Satiro in Milan and Bramante’s false apse: listen in Italian and read along.
Learn Italian with podcasts: San Satiro a Milano Read More »